linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/9] tracing: recordmcount.pl We won't use weak function as reference, remove the check

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Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:04:21 +0800
From:	Li Hong <lihong.hi@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] tracing: recordmcount.pl We won't use weak function as
	reference, remove the check

>From 4433c78ca3c0319fd75d1fd6d64929fa101e38a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Li Hong <lihong.hi@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:25:39 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: recordmcount.pl We won't use weak function as reference, remove the check

Signed-off-by: Li Hong <lihong.hi@...il.com>

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 490b4cd..867c24a 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -352,17 +352,6 @@ sub update_funcs
 {
     return unless ($ref_func and @offsets);
 
-    # A section only had a weak function, to represent it.
-    # Unfortunately, a weak function may be overwritten by another
-    # function of the same name, making all these offsets incorrect.
-    # To be safe, we simply print a warning and bail.
-    if (defined $weak{$ref_func}) {
-	print STDERR
-	    "$inputfile: WARNING: referencing weak function" .
-	    " $ref_func for mcount\n";
-	return;
-    }
-
     # is this function static? If so, note this fact.
     if (defined $locals{$ref_func}) {
 
-- 
1.6.0.4

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